FCCI organises first Serbian business forum

27/01/2015 06:12 AST

Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) organised the First Serbian Business and Investment Forum bringing together Serbian and UAE business leaders to discuss opportunities for joint investments in sectors such as trade, health, construction, real estate, tourism and hospitality, agriculture, food industries, energy and financial services.

Some thirty Serbian business leaders and investors who are on a visit until 30 January took part in the forum. Charge d’Affaires of the Serbian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Milos Perisic, was also present at Sunday meeting.

In his remarks at the forum, Secretary-General of Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Humaid Mohammed Salim, said the Serbian business delegation’s visit to the UAE reflects the interest of the leaders of the two countries in promoting join action and cooperation.

The visit, he added, also is in accordance with the directives of President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

Assistant Secretary-General of Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mohammad A. Al Nuaimi, said that relations between the UAE and Serbia have constantly grown in the past few years and that the UAE’s highly-competitive private sector is prepared to share its experience with Serbian businesses for the development of the European country’s main sectors.

Al Nuaimi reiterated the UAE business community’s desire to forge strategic partnerships with Serbian businesses and urged UAE business people from the UAE to invest in Serbia and strengthen trade relations between both the countries.

The Gulf Today